Improvement in pumps



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Pumps.

Patented August 5, 1873.

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J OHN VOLFORD AND ROBERT UONNER, OF KNIGHTSVILLE, INDIANA.

IM PROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,514, dated August 5, 1873; application led January 9, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WOLFORD and ROBERT OONNER, of Knightsville, in 'the county of Clay and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usei'ul Improvement in Pumps; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the whole apparatus with a section 0i' a well. Fig. 2 is a detached elevation of one of the forked braces. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section, showing the induction and eduction pipes at` the upper end of the cylinder; and Fig. et is a similar section, showing the like pipes at the lower end of the cylinder.

Similar letters of reference in the accompanyin g drawings denote the same parts.

This invention consists in attaching the cylinders of force or other pumps to the curb by means of biiurcated adjustable braces, which are connected at their upper ends with the well-curb, the lower ends of said braces passing through lugs in the iiange of the upper head ot' the cylinder, and having nuts on their ends, by means of which the height of the cylinder in the well may be varied, while at the same time a ready and iirm attachnient oi' the cylinder to the curb is made, and the cylinder can easily be removed for repair and quickly replaced and adjusted in its position.

In the accompanying drawings and description we have shown the application of the devices i'or attaching the cylinder to the curb as applied to a double-acting forcepump, the cylinder of which is short and to which we particularly design to apply our invention. A

In the drawings, A represents a cylinder located in-a well, the piston of which cylinder is connected with a cross head, B, that plays between guides C placed on the curb, and is connected by a pitman, D, with a crank-shaft, E, mounted across the heads of the guides C. F is a pipe extending into the water oi the well, and divided at its upper end into two branches, F1 F2. The branch Fl connects with a valve chamber, Gr, from which a cross-pipe, g, extends to the lower end of the cylinder A. The branch F2 connects with a .valve-chamber, H, from which a cross-pipe, h, extends to the upper end of the cylinder A. The chambers G and H are on opposite sides-of the cylinder. I is a pipe extending above the mouth of the well, and divided at its lower end into two branches, Il I2. The branch I1 connects with a valvechamber, J, from which a cross pipe, j, extends to the lower end of the cylinder A. The branch I2 connects with a valve-chamber, K, from which a cross-pipe, k, extends to the upper end of the cylinder. The chambers J and K are on opposite sides of the cylinder. L is a cock opening out 0i' the side oi' the pipe I above the curb N, for the attachment of hose. M is a cock at the-upper end of the pipe I and guarding the lower end oi' the curved nozzle O. Two forked braces I?, shown more clearly in Fig. 2, attached at their upper ends to the under side ofthe curb N, and at their lower ends to lugs extending outward from the bottom of the cylinder, serve to support the latter in the well.

The bit'urcated braces P (see Fig. 2) have screw-threads cut upon their upper and lower ends for the reception ot' nuts, by means of which connection a secure fastening is obtained, and the cylinder can quickly be removed i'or repair or for other reasons, and

can readily be replaced, and at the same time as set forth.

JOHN WOLFORD. Witnesses: ROBERT OONNEB. N. K. ELLswoRTH, MELVILLE CHURCH. 

